Improved abdominal supporter



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UNITED STATES PATENT .FFICE S. L. HQCKERT, OF MILWAUKEE, WISOON SIN,ASSIGNOR TO G. IV. PER-EINE,

.OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVED ABDOMINAL SUPPORTIER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 822,001, datedSeptember B, 1868.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, S. L. HOCKERT, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee and State 4of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful'Improvement in Abdominal Supporters and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the saine,refaccompanying draw- Figure lis a perspective view ot' the apparatusFig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the side pads. Fig. 3 is .asectional View of one of the back pads. Fig. 4 is a side elevation ot'one-end of the front pad, showing the hook-connection. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of 'back pads, showing thel strap.

n My invention relates to an .improvement in the manner of constructingtrusses and abdominal supporters, by means of which ease and simplicityof construction are attained, and

at the same time a more perfect adaptationto the body and ease andcomfort to the wearer are effected. A o

In order that others :may understand the construction and operation ofmy improvement, I will proceed to particularly describe it. A representsthe abdominal pad, made in the usual'manner and form, having at properplaces,near each end, a metal stud secured, in the center of which `is ahook, a, of wire, 'of sufficient size to receive the end of thespringwires B B. These spring-wires B B are of steel, and bent in suchshape as will 4best conform to the surface of the body at those partswhich. they surround, and the ends attached to the pad A are made thin,and have a hole This manner of connection forms the most perfeet joint,and allows the severalA parts to conform exactly to the surface of thebody.' and allows the apparatus to be taken o and pnt on without bendingthe springs B B. The

other endsof the springs B B have a screw-4 screw-thread on the wire Il.

The outer parts of the studs b b are so made as to serve for buttons,over which the short leather strap G is placed when the apparatus isworn on the body.

These back pads are round, of suitable size,

and constructed in the same manner as the front pad A. The wire springsB B are covered with thin rubber, making them easier to the wearer,and-sliding on these springs are the hippads D D, capable of being movedto anyposition on the wires B B, so that an undue press ure on anyparticular part may be avoided. These pads D D are attached to the WiresB-B by staplesF7 which surround said wires', and adapt themselves, fromtheir freedom of inotion, to any part of the body over which they y maybe placed.

' Having thus. described my invention. and its'operation, what I claimas new is- 1. Connecting the side springs to the front pad by hooks, inthe manner shown. 2. lThe side or hip pads D, attachedloosely to thecylindrical side springs B B by staples f y F, so that said pads may beperfectly free to move in any direction to adapt themselves to thesurface oi' the body.

3. Securing the cylindrical side springs to 'the back pads by screwing4the ends et' said, springs into the button-studs, in the manner shown.

' S. L. HOCKERT.

YVitne-sses:

LnANnER WYMAN, WM. J. Bnnwre.

